Twitter changes tweet format but keeps 140-character limit

User names and media attachments such as photos and videos will no longer count towards the length of a tweet, Twitter Inc said on Tuesday, but the 140-character limit will stay. (Reuters) User names and media attachments such as photos and videos will no longer count towards the length of a tweet, Twitter Inc said on Tuesday, but the 140-character limit will stay.
Twitter said the change, part of its efforts to simplify its micro blogging service, will come into effect in the next few months.